The main campus of Walter Reed is in a residential area of northwest Washington between Rock Creek Park and Georgia Avenue near the Maryland-D.C. boundary. All patient-careactivities, as well as most administrative services, are on the main installation.

Walter Reed’s grounds and architecture impress visitors. More than a thousand trees lead past colorful gardens. During the summer months, roses bloom in the rose garden next to Abrams Hall, the Soldier barracks.

Most of the original buildings at Walter Reed are brick structures of Georgian Revival architecture set among wide lawns, winding roads and gardens. Before the opening of the current hospital building (Bldg. 2, the Heaton Pavilion), only two temporary buildings and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology departed from the early American theme. But the main medical center building and the Soldier barracks are modern in design and concept.

In the circle of the Hoff Memorial Fountain at the originalhospital entrance (Bldg. 1), a collection of flowers varies with the season.

The stately Memorial Chapel, dedicated in 1931, joins the hospital chapel in providing for the religious needs of all faiths at Walter Reed.